--- title: And when ye come to the king, ere ye tell him aught beside, say that… — Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English… · tree and pragmatics description: And when ye come to the king, ere ye tell him aught beside, say that ye have seen and have spoken with us; and trow me, without fail, ye shall be well received!" Who acts: ye. A sentence of «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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Weston, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ye), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8447:3:68 # text = And when ye come to the king, ere ye tell him aught beside, say that ye have seen and have spoken with us; and trow me, without fail, ye shall be well received!" 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ere ere ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 14 beside beside ADP IN _ 16 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 trow trow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fail fail NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | ye | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | ye | aught | king | | | ere *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient aught=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect · passive | | ye | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | | | | | | with us | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with we=Co-Agent | | 6 | **trow** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **receive** | shall · passive | | ye | | | | without fail; well *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch» by Jessie L. 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